Forכִּיwickednessרִשְׁעָהburnsבָעֲרָהlike a fire;כָאֵשׁit devoursתֹּאכֵלbriersשָׁמִירand thorns,וָשַׁיִתand it kindlesוַתִּצַּתthe thicketsבְּסִבְכֵיof the forest,הַיַּעַרand they roll upוַיִּתְאַבְּכוּin a columnגֵּאוּתof smoke.עָשָׁן
Isaiah 9:18
Study it in the app“For wickedness burns like a fire; it devours briers and thorns, and it kindles the thickets of the forest, and they roll up in a column of smoke.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 9:18, word by word
- wickednessרִשְׁעָהrisha
wickedness
Wickedness: unjust and evil conduct.
Where else “risha” appears- burnsבָעֲרָהvaara
burn
For fire to be lit, or to make something be consumed in flames.
Where else “vaara” appears- like a fireאֵשׁesh
fire
Fire that burns or cooks.
Where else “esh” appears- it devoursתֹּאכֵלtochel
devour
Literally "eat": to destroy something, as fire burns everything up.
Where else “tochel” appears- briersשָׁמִירshamir
brier
Thorny plants on abandoned land.
Where else “shamir” appears- and thornsשַׁיִתshayit
thornbush, brush
Thornbushes, wild brush: the weeds that grow on neglected land.
Where else “shayit” appears- and it kindlesתִּצַּתtitsat
set on fire
Set on fire, burn.
Where else “titsat” appears- the thicketsסִבְכֵיsivche
thicket
Thicket, tangled brush.
Where else “sivche” appears- of the forestיַּעַרyaar
forest
Land covered with trees, where many grow together.
Where else “yaar” appears- and they roll upיִּתְאַבְּכוּyitabchu
roll upward (smoke)
To roll upward, to rise in a column like smoke.
Where else “yitabchu” appears- in a columnגֵּאוּתgeut
rise up
The rising of something: the sea's waves, smoke going up.
Where else “geut” appears- of smokeעָשָׁןashan
smoke
Smoke.
Where else “ashan” appears
The context
17Therefore Adonai does not rejoice over its young men, and on its orphans and its widows he has no compassion; for every one of them is godless and an evildoer, and every mouth speaks infamy. For all this his anger has not turned back, and his hand is still stretched out.
18 · This verse (above)
19By the fury of YHWH Tsevaot the land is darkened, and the people are like fuel for the fire; no one spares his brother.